WPA workmen begin the task of cutting a four foot neutral ground in the middle of Bienville Street from Claiborne Avenue, a distance of 34 blocks. This view is from Bienville Street at Claiborne Avenue. Exterior.

WPA workers are extending and paving Broad Street from St. Bernard Avenue to Florida Avenue to form a new traffic artery from downtown New Orleans to Gentilly. This view was taken on South Broad Street from Howard Avenue to Melpomene Street. Exterior.

Drag lines begin the ripping up of Canal Boulevard near Robert E. Lee Boulevard. This main artery traffic lane to the lakefront was repaved by WPA and modern subsurface drainage replaced an old open canal. Exterior.

WPA crews laying paving on Canal Boulevard near Filmore Street. The repaving of this street and the installation of modern subsurface drainage was a major undertaking of the WPA in New Orleans. Exterior.

The paving of Canal Boulevard and the installation of subsurface drainage was a major WPA project which gave a new traffic outlet to the lakefront to New Orleans motorists. This view shows Canal Boulevard and Filmore Street. Exterior.

The paving of Canal Boulevard by the WPA not only afforded a traffic outlet to the lakefront but also represented a badly needed civic improvement. This view shows Canal Boulevard at Robert E. Boulevard looking towards City Park.

The paving and installation of subsurface drainage on Canal Boulevard was not only a major undertaking of the WPA but also gave New Orleans motorists a new traffic outlet to the lakefront. This view is from Canal Boulevard and Robert E. Lee Boulevard looking towards th lake. Exterior.

North Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street looking towards Canal Street. The thoroughfare will be paved from Elysian Fields Avenue to Canal Street, a distance of two miles, at a cost of $175,000. Exterior.

North Claiborne Avenue at St. Ferdinand Street. About two miles of this street, formerly inaccessible to vehicular traffic, opened new residential section through WPA paving. This unit of the citywide paving project estimated at $319,000. Exterior.

Downman Road is now a narrow, rutty thoroughfare connecting the airport with the Chef Highway. Increased activity at the N. O. Airport in connection with national defense will make the construction of a new outlet necessary and it is proposed to construct two 28-foot concrete roadways with a four-foot neutral ground. These views show Downman Road from U. S. 90 to the airport. Exterior.

WPA workmen began excavating Downman Road preparatory to paving the stretch with concrete from the Chef Menteur Highway to the New Orleans Municipal Airport. They will construct two 28-foot roadways with a four-foot neutral ground. Exterior.

WPA is widening and repaving Downman Road from Highway 90 to the New Orleans Municipal Airport. Two 28-foot roadways of concrete will be constructed with a four-foot neutral ground. The project also provides for the construction of two concrete culverts, five and a half by eight feet in size and 100 feet long. Exterior.

WPA workers are installing drainage facilities and paving Downman Road from the Chef Menteur Highway to the N. O. Municipal Airport. They will construct two 28-foot roadways with a four-foot neutral ground and two concrete culverts, five and a half feet by eight feet and 100 feet long. Exterior.

Widening and repaving of Downman Road from Highway 90 to the Municipal Airport is rapidly nearing completion by WPA. These negatives show WPA workmen excavating the east side of the roadway and the west side which is already complete and opened to residents. Drainage work is approximately 98 percent complete and WPA engineers expect to have the thoroughfare completed by November 15. Exterior.

WPA crews are now laying the last section of concrete on the lake end of Downman Road which has been widened to permit the construction of two 28-foot concrete roadways and a four foot neutral ground. The Downman Road project, designated by the Secretary of War as being essential to the national defense program, is practically completed and is expected to be opened for traffic by the end of December. Exterior.

WPA engineers estimate the Downman Road project, connecting Highway 90 and the N. O. Airport, will be ready for traffic within three weeks. These negatives show the intersection of the road and the highway and a section of the road midway to the airport, showing the rebuilt thoroughfare which formerly was a narrow winding asphalt road but highly important because of the military concentration on New Orleans' lafefront. Exterior.

WPA workers will build an underpass under the Southern Railway tracks connecting Downman Road with the N. O. Municipal Airport at a cost of $278,000. It will be of steel and concrete, with two 30-foot roadways, a seven-foot neutral strip and two five-foot sidewalks. These views show the proposed location of the underpass. Exterior.

WPA workers are clearing and excavating preliminary to constructing an underpass under the Southern Railway trackes connecting Downman Road and the New Orleans municipal airport. It is expected to cost the city and the WPA approximately $278,000. Exterior.

The underpass which will connect Downman Road with the New Orleans airport is approximately 23 percent complete. It is being burrowed beneath the Southern Railway tracks and will be of reinforced concrete construction with two wide roadways and walks on each side. WPA engineers expect to have the underpass completed by fall. Exterior.

WPA workers are constructing an underpass under the Southern RR tracks connecting Downman Road with the New Orleans airport. This view was taken near the center of the underpass looking toward Downman Road which may be seen in the background. WPA recently completed paving of the road. Exterior.

Elysian Fields Avenue at New York Canal, looking towards the lake, befoe WPA paved the thoroughfare as a part of the citywide paving program, which gave another traffic outlet to New Orleans' motorists. Exterior.

Elysian Fields Avenue at New York Canal, looking towards Gentilly Boulevard, befoe WPA paved the thoroughfare as a part of the citywide paving program, which gave another traffic outlet to New Orleans' motorists. Exterior.

Elysian Fields Avenue at Prentiss Canal, looking towards Gentilly Boulevard, befoe WPA paved the thoroughfare as a part of the citywide paving program, which gave another traffic outlet to New Orleans' motorists. Exterior.

Elysian Fields Avenue at Prentiss Canal, looking towards the lake, befoe WPA paved the thoroughfare as a part of the citywide paving program, which gave another traffic outlet to New Orleans' motorists. Exterior.

New paving on Elysian Fields Avenue at the intersection of Gentilly Boulevard. The stretch of paving on the left side of the neutral ground extends all the way to the lake and the stretch on the right side is only a block long but is rapidly being pushed lakeward. Exterior.

WPA paving crews have reached Fillmore Avenue in the paving of the upper side of Elysian Fields Avenue. The lower side of the thoroughfare is paved from Gentilly Boulevard to the New York Canal and is opened to traffic. This view is looking towards Dreux Avenue. Exterior.

WPA paving crews have reached Fillmore Avenue in the paving of the upper side of Elysian Fields Avenue. The lower side of the thoroughfare is paved from Gentilly Boulevard to the New York Canal and is opened to traffic. This view is taken from Mithra Street looking towards the lake. Exterior.

WPA workmen have paved Elysian Fields Avenue to relieve downtown traffic and to provide another outlet to the lakefront. This photo was taken at Prentiss Canal looking towards Gentilly Boulevard. Exterior.

WPA workers will construct an overpass on Elysian Fields to cross the New Orleans Terminal Railway Company tracks and the Florida Avenue Canal. It will be of reinforced concrete construction with two 36-foot roadways, two five-foot sidewalks and a two-foot neutral strip. The construction of an overpass here will provide an open thoroughfare between Florida Avenue Canal and Lake Pontchartrain. These views were taken on Elysian Fields Avenue looking towards the Florida Avenue Canal. Exterior.

The paving of Florida Avenue from Canal Boulevard to West End Boulevard formed a connecting link between the two thoroughfares for motorists. Negative #8--Florida Avenue at Canal Boulevard to West End Boulevard; negative #9--Florida Avenue at West End Boulevard to Canal Boulevard. Exterior.

WPA workers are nearing completion on the repaving of Florida Avenue near Mazant Street towards the Industrial Canal. The newly paved road will serve as an outlet for the shipyard road, now under construction by WPA. Exterior.

Construction of a new outlet to New Orleans' shipyards, via Florida Avenue is contemplated by the city of New Orleans with WPA assistance. These views show the condition of the road before improvements. #1--Florida Avenue from Parish Avenue to St. Bernard Avenue; #2--from St. Bernard Avenue to Parish Avenue; #3--from Parish Avenue to Gentilly Boulevard; #4 & #5--from Gentilly Boulevard to Republic Street; #6--from Havana Street to Gentilly Boulevard; #7--from Republic Street to Broad Street; #8--from Broad Street pumping station to Gentilly Boulevard; #9--from Broad Street to the intersection of Agriculture and Annette Streets; #10--from the intersection of Agriculture and Annette Streets to Broad Street; #11--from the intersection of Agriculture and Annette Streets to St. Anthony Street; #12--from St. Anthony Street to Broad Street. Exterior.

The city of New Orleans wants to open a new traffic outlet to the shipyards via Florida Avenue. These views show: #2--at Alvar Street to France Street; #4--at France Street to Alvar Street; #7--at France Street to the Industrial Canal; #8--from the Industrial Canal bridge to France Street; #10--looking east to the Industrial Canal bridge; #11--at Jordan Street to Reynes Street; #12--at Forstall Street to the Industrial Canal. Exterior.

Mazant Street which has recently been paved by WPA from Claiborne Avenue to Florida Avenue to tie in with the proposed shipyard road. Negative #1--from North Robertson Street to North Derbigny Street; #2--from North Derbigny Street to North Roman Street; #3--from Norht Prieur Street to North Johnson Street. Exterior.

WPA workmen are constructing drainage and subgrade structures on New Orleans Street preparatory to paving. Traffic from downtown New Orleans will be able to follow a direct route using Broad Street from Canal Street to Florida Avenue, over the new London Avenue Canal bridge and out New Orleans Street to Gentilly Boulevard. Exterior.

This work started under separate project prior to the consolidation of all street paving under the citywide program. WPA workmen repaving North Peters Street near Canal Street (with the U. S. Custom House in the background), one of 13 traffic artery repair units begun in the autumn of 1936.Exterior.

The paving of Robert E. Lee Boulevard connected Canal Boulevard with the lakeshore drive and furnished a traffic unit for lakeshore traffic. This view shows Robert E. Lee Boulevard near Pontchartrain Boulevard. Exterior.

Section of St. Bernard Avenue at Milton Street to Florida Avenue before WPA workers paved the street in line with a program which provides for the paving of streets and sidewalks all around New Orleans housing projects. Exterior.

WPA workers will pave St. Bernard Avenue to serve residents of the new St. Bernard Housing Project. This view was taken on St. Bernard Avenue from Florida Avenue looking towards the new housing project. Exterior.

Paving of Gentilly Boulevard from Maurepas Street to Peoples Avenue, a distance of three miles, was a major unit of the citywide paving program. Negative #1--circle towards Esplanade Avenue; #2--circle towards Paris Avenue. Exterior.

WPA work crews pouring concrete on St. Claude Avenue at Mandeville Street. A section of the neutral ground was sliced off for the thoroughfare from McShane Place to the St. Bernard Parish line. Exterior.

Copy of photograph owned by W. H. Grun, druggist, of St. Claude Avenue as it was two years ago. The photograph shows St. Claude Avenue at Caffin Avenue before the WPA started resurfacing and widening on the thoroughfare. Exterior.

WPA will build a concrete roadway from Florida Avenue to Gentilly Boulevard, a distance of two miles, to serve the shipyards now being constructed on the Industrial Canal. When completed, the new road will link two main highways--Gentilly Road and Claiborne Avenue. From North Claiborne Avenue traffic will move along Mazant Street, which was repaved by the WPA, and across a WPA-built concrete bridge over the Florida Avenue Canal. The road will be 30 feet wide. Exterior.

WPA workers are constructing a concrete roadway from Florida Avenue to Gentilly Road to serve New Orleans' new shipyards on the Industrial Canal. The road will be 30 feet wide and 9,300 feet long. Exterior.